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Picture a Scientist

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

Picture a Scientist is a good documentary about the challenges facing women in science.

Tags BIPOC, Boston University, Burks, Clancy, documentary, Hopkins, Marchant, MIT, movie, scientists, Willenbring, women in academia, women in science, women in STEM

It Takes a Village: Writing a Book

January 20, 2021

Writing a book proposal doesn’t happen in a vacuum – I’ve had lots of help along the way.

Tags adventure, book proposal, books, community, outdoors, query letter, science, science writing, women in science, writing

Canadian Women Experts and COVID-19

April 16, 2020April 15, 2020

Women are instrumental in Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags COVID-19, expert, pandemic, policy, public health, women, women in science, womeninSTEM

Results of My Blogging Experiment

December 2, 2019November 8, 2018

What it was like to blog every day for a week, and what it means for my future blogging.

Tags blogging, conversations, experiment, literature, mental health, mentoring, mentors, Nobel Prize, photography, quotes, reading, scicomm, traffic, women in science, womeninSTEM

Do Female Academics Have to Be Role Models?

December 2, 2019November 5, 2018

We talk a lot about the importance of women and minority academics mentoring students and new faculty. But are we expecting too much of them?

Tags academia, academic culture, academic science, cdnsci, department chair, diversity, equity, inclusion, mentor, minorities, Nobel, Nobel Prize, pay gap, physics, promotion, Role model, women in science, women in STEM

Being a Book Addict (aka Bibliophile)

December 2, 2019January 24, 2018

I am a book addict. There, I said it. Luckily being a book addict doesn’t have too many negative connotations. Except when it comes to … Read more

Tags bibliophile, book club, book review, books, conversations, plot, publicity, reading, reviews, women in science

On Power and "Bro Culture" in Academic Science

December 2, 2019October 18, 2017

On the power of language, and the power men hold over women in academic science. *edited 19 Oct to add stats on men being harassed/assaulted … Read more

Tags academic science, bro culture, diversity, equality, fieldwork, harassment, leaky pipeline, media, power, sexual assault, sexual harassment, women in science, women in STEM

Talking to Interesting People

December 2, 2019February 10, 2017

I just had an article published in Terrain.org: Journal of the Built + Natural Environments. It’s a Q&A with Margo Farnsworth, a fellow nature writer … Read more

Tags community, conversation, environment, interview, introvert, nature writers, place, Q&A, women in science, womeninSTEM

International Women's Day 2016: Link Roundup

December 2, 2019March 8, 2016

[Updated March 9th to add the @IAmSciComm list of women science communicators] Today was International Women’s Day, a day we celebrate the achievements of women … Read more

Tags academia, Canadian highered, cdnpoli, gender equity, international women's day, IWD2016, science, science policy, scipolicy, women in science

The Perils of Writing About Women in Science

December 2, 2019March 1, 2016

Writing about women in science is a tricky business. While you want to champion their contributions across a range of research fields, you also don’t … Read more

Tags Canadian Science Publishing, cdnsci, Finkbeiner test, gender, Herzberg Medal, NSERC, women in science, writing
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